Maize Zea mays (L.) is a crop that has an important role in meeting human food needs in various countries. The presence of plant pest organisms such as Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) can reduce the productivity of corn crops. Control with pesticides can cause pest mortality and kill predatory arthropods. Predatory arthropods are natural enemies of pests in corn plants. In addition to predat…
Corn is one of the cereal commodities with high demand, where the success of corn plant production is partly influenced by the presence of soil arthropods. Soil arthropods can have both positive and negative impacts on plant growth, and soil arthropods can be controlled using endophytic fungi. The purpose of this research is to determine the impact of applying pathogenic endophytic fungi throug…
The Duku plant (Lansium domesticum) is a tropical fruit in indonesia that is in great demand by the public. Tissue culture is an alternative for producing high-quality duku plant seedlings in large quantities and in a short time, referring to the concept of the totipotency of plant cells, and capable of eliminating pests and diseases through the sterilization stage of the explants. This researc…
The horned beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) is a major pest of oil palm, due to its attack can affect the yield and productivity of plant. Control of O. rhinoceros pests commonly carried out by farmers and oil palm plantation companies is by using synthetic insecticides. However, the continuous use of synthetic insecticide can cause negative impacts such as resistance, pest recurrence, killing of na…
Tenebrio molitor is one of the most common pests found in stored products. An alternative to control pest that attack stored products can be done by utilizing essential oils from Eucalyptus globulus plants. This study was aimed to determine the impact of E. globulus essential oil application on T. molitor larvae. The study was used a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with 5 treatments and 1 co…
Rice (Oryza sativa L.) is a staple food crop that plays a crucial role in ensuring national food security. The research aims to study the ability of Paenibacillus polymyxa to inhibit the growth of the pathogen P. oryzae that causes blast disease in rice and test the potential of P. polymyxa bacteria as a biocontrol to control blast disease. This research used a completely randomized design (CRD…
The chili plant (Capsicum annuum L.) is a plant that belongs to the Solanaceae family. Chili peppers are widely cultivated in various countries because of the fruit used as a spice in cooking, as well as because of its health benefits. The plant is known for its red, green, yellow, or orange fruits, depending on the variety and level of maturity. In addition, chili peppers also contain nutrient…
In Indonesia, the most popular food is rice. Unfortunately, pest called Sitophilus oryzae attacks rice stocks in warehouses. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of pandan leaf extract as a vegetable insecticide for S. oryzae control. This fieldwork was done from June to October 2023 at the Perum Bulog (Logistics Agency) Regional Division of South Sumatra. Five treatments …
Pestalotiopsis sp. is a pathogen that causes rubber leaf fall disease with symptoms of small spots developing into necrosis around the spots. Biofungicides have several advantages over synthetic fungicides, namely that they are safer for the environment and health because the active compounds in biofungicides have low anti-pathogenic activity where the risk of side effects and poisoning is lowe…
This research aims to determine the effect of Employee Position Promotion on Employee Work Performance at PTPN VII (Persero) Suli Inti Muara Enim Unit. The population in this study were all employees of PTPN VII (Persero) Suli Inti Muara Enim Unit, totaling 118 employees. Sampling in this study used accidental sampling by determining the number of samples taken in this study using the Slovin sa…
The research discussed the application of a porous fertigation system as an irrigation method in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivation. The system is designed to deliver water and nutrients evenly to the root zone using porous emitters. The research was conducted at the Plant House of Sriwijaya University from November 2024 to February 2025. The study applied watering durations of 2 and …
Obstacles in oil palm cultivation include the attack of horned beetle Oryctes rhinoceros. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Bacillus thuringiensis bio-insecticide based on tapioca dregs and oil palm cake on the mortality of O. rhinoceros larvae. This research was carried out in the green house using the Randomized Complate Block Design (RCBD) method. The study consisted of 6 tre…
Ceratocystis has been reported disease-causing pathogen in Acacia mangium, which is from the legume family. Endophytes are defined as microorganisms that live and develop in plant tissue organs and are able to increase plant resistance to disease and environmental stress. In 2022, biological control has been carried out by exploring endophytic and non-endophytic fungi from the stems and roots o…
Limited water resources and irrigation inefficiency are the main problems in minimizing water use while still supporting optimal tomato plant growth. Porous irrigation is the latest innovation in sustainable agriculture to deliver water to crops more efficiently without water shortage or excess. This study aims to determine the water demand and the value of the crop coefficient by using porous …
Red chili (Capsicum annuum L.) is a type of horticultural plant that has economic value and consumed by almost all Indonesian people. cultivation of red chili plants should consider several factors supporting or inhibiting the process of plant growth. One of the factors inhibiting the growth of chili plants is fusarium wilt disease. Effective control can be applied in controlling plant diseases…
Bitter melon or bitter gourd (Momordica charantia) is a plant included in the Cucurbitaceae family that is creeping and susceptible to Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). Giving a combination of biostimulants and MgCl2+CaCl2 is thought to increase seedling growth and suppress CMV disease in bitter gourd plants. This research was conducted in the greenhouse of the Department of Plant Pests and Diseases…
Rubber plants are the second largest plantation commodity in Indonesia after oil palm plants. Rubber plants can be used as polyculture plants with chili plants. This research aims to determine the diversity of arthropod species as well as the growth and development of large red chili plants planted in polyculture with rubber plants. The method used was direct observation and an experimental met…
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is one of the plantation commodities that plays an important role in Indonesia's economic activities. G. boninense is a soil-borne pathogen that has a wider host range. G. boninense also has special defense structures in the form of chlamydospores and pseudosclerotia structures that are able to infect the host. Taro is widely cultivated in Indonesia because it can g…
This study aimed to determine the optimal dosage of seaweed-based biostimulants on the gowth and yield of sweet corn plants (Zea mays saccharata Sturt.). The research was conducted at the Experimental Garden of PT Pupuk Sriwidjaja Palembang from August to November 2023. The method used in this study was a Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 5 treatments, each treatment repeated 6 times…
Cayenne pepper (Capsicum frutescens L.) is a horticultural commodity that has high economic value and market demand continues to increase. However, cayenne pepper production is seasonal, so price fluctuations often occur due to an imbalance between supply and demand. One of the main factors in cultivating cayenne pepper is the availability of water, namely excess water can trigger disease and l…
Curly Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) is a vegetable that is widely cultivated commercially. The ever-increasing demand requires cultivating plants efficiently. Subsurface irrigation can optimize water use, especially in areas of limited land and water. Evapotranspiration irrigation systems continue to be developed to ensure efficient water supply for plants, as well as evapotranspiration irrigatio…
The temperature and humidity control system in plant houses is crucial for creating optimal conditions for plant growth. Technology that can be used to maintain temperature and humidity includes the micro sprayer misting system. This research aims to modify and test the temperature and humidity control system in plant houses using a micro sprayer misting system on SIEVA PET plots, making it mor…
Cabai merah (Capsicum annum Linnaeus) merupakan tumbuhan hortikultura dari famili Solanaceae yang tersebar luas di Indonesia. Tanaman cabai adalah salah satu komoditas utama yang banyak dibudidayakan di Sumatera Selatan, terutama di wilayah Indralaya. Hal ini disebabkan oleh fakta bahwa cabai berharga dan merupakan salah satu bahan baku rumah tangga yang paling penting. Namun dalam proses budid…
This study aims to determine the developmental biology of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne sp) on celery plants in one life cycle and to determine the stages of development of root-knot nematodes (Meloidogyne sp) on celery plants. The method used in the study used direct observation to determine the development of Meloidogyne sp. nematodes on celery plants. Observations were made by looking at …
Chili peppers are native to the Americas, namely Mexico and Central America, as well as the Andes region of South America. This plant was introduced by the Portuguese. Chili is one of the woody horticultural commodities that is commercially cultivated in tropical countries including Indonesia, organisms that are often found by farmers in the field include anthracnose, yellow virus, fruit rot, s…
The tomato plant is an annual or biennial herbaceous plant and one that has high economic value. When the production period increased, tomato plants experienced many obstacles, one of which was pest and disease problems in the plants. Meloidogyne sp. is a nematode that grows very quickly and has high pressure on plant growth with typical symptoms visible on the roots, namely in the form of nodu…
This study aimed to determine the effectivity of some mixed herbicide formulations of atrazine, mesotrione, and nicosulfuron to control weeds and its effect on the growth and yield of corn (Zea mays L.). This research was conducted at the Experimental Garden of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sriwijaya University Indralaya from November 2022 to May 2023. The metode used in this study was a randomiz…
Polyculture is a system of cultivating more than one type of plant in one stretch. Plants that can be planted with polyculture are rubber plants with chili pepper. Chili pepper has the potential to be planted in polyculture cropping patterns as intercrops under tree stands. Polyculture of chili pepper plants with rubber plants is one of the efforts to reduce pest problems and increase the produ…
In Indonesia, synthetic (chemical) pesticides are heavily relied upon as materials to control plant pest organisms. This is because their use is efficient, easy to obtain and more effective in controlling and killing plant pest organisms. Farmers and pesticides are two sides that are difficult to separate. The use of pesticides by farmers is increasing, but not matched by an increase in farmers…
Durian (Durio zibethinus Murr.) is an exotic tropical fruit plant that has a unique taste and aroma. The decline in durian production was mostly caused by plant disrupting organisms ranging from diseases to pests (OPT). One type of pest comes from the type of beetles that come from the order Coleoptera. Beetles are insects that are characterized by their hard wings with certain patterns. The ro…